Reptiles and Birds A Popular Account of Their Various Orders, With a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most Interesting

CHAPTER IV.

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CHELONIANS, OR SHIELDED REPTILES.

Formation 155 Distribution and Classification 157 Tortoises 158 Land 158 Margined 159 Moorish 159 Greek 160 Elephantine 160 Genus Pyxis 161 Ditto Kinixys 161 Homopodes 161 _Elodians, or Marsh Tortoises_: Mud 162 Emydes 163 Pleuroderes 164 _Potamians, or River Tortoises_: Trionyx 164 _Thalassians, or Sea Tortoises_: Green 177 Hawk's-bill 177 Loggerhead 178 Leather-back 178

BIRDS.

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.

Anatomy 181 Plumage 184 Beaks 189 Digestive Organs 191 Powers of Sight 193 Vocal Organs 195 Nests 197 Reproduction 201 Longevity 203 Utility 205 Classification 207